Worboys Committee
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The Worboys Committee was formed by the British government to review signage on all British roads. In its July 1963 report Traffic signs: report of the committee on traffic signs for all-purpose roads, it found existing road signs to be obsolete for the increasing numbers of motor vehicles and their increasing speeds, and made over a dozen key recommendations. The committee went on to completely revise road signs in Britain, with an emphasis on symbols alone, adopting standard colour and shape practices used in mainland Europe and a new typeface. Its principles were adopted and are still the basis of all road signs in the United Kingdom.
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Il comitato Worboys fu nominato dal governo britannico nel luglio 1963 per innovare la segnaletica stradale nel Regno Unito, in risposta a due articoli pubblicati nel 1961 dal grafico che mostravano la caoticità della segnaletica. A capo del comitato fu posto delle Imperial Chemical Industries. Responsabile del progetto fu T. G. Usborne e venne commissionata la grafica a e alla sua assistente (e futura socia) Margaret Calvert.
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Comitato Worboys
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Worboys Committee
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Traffic signs: report of the committee on traffic signs for all-purpose roads
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roadside signs are too small to be readily recognisable as such and to be easily read by drivers travelling at the normal speed of traffic;
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the more important signs are not readily distinguishable from the less important at long range;
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Traffic signs; report of the committee on traffic signs for all-purpose roads
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they are often not effective at night;
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they do not have a simple, integrated appearance;
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they are different from those used on the continent of Europe and only those who can read English can fully understand them;
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there is insufficient continuity of place names on directional signs.
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they are often badly sited in relation to junctions; and
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they are often mounted too high, particularly in rural areas;
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Il comitato Worboys fu nominato dal governo britannico nel luglio 1963 per innovare la segnaletica stradale nel Regno Unito, in risposta a due articoli pubblicati nel 1961 dal grafico che mostravano la caoticità della segnaletica. A capo del comitato fu posto delle Imperial Chemical Industries. Responsabile del progetto fu T. G. Usborne e venne commissionata la grafica a e alla sua assistente (e futura socia) Margaret Calvert. Il risultato fu un documento che definì la segnaletica stradale nel Regno Unito, il , comunemente abbreviato in TSRGD. Entrò in vigore il 1º gennaio 1965 ed è stato aggiornato più volte. È in qualche modo comparabile al (MUTCD) in vigore negli Stati Uniti d'America. Le introduzioni apportate più significative furono il frequente uso di pittogrammi, com'era tradizione nell'Europa continentale, e l'introduzione di un nuovo carattere tipografico, il Transport, disegnato da Kinneir e Calvert.
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The Worboys Committee was formed by the British government to review signage on all British roads. In its July 1963 report Traffic signs: report of the committee on traffic signs for all-purpose roads, it found existing road signs to be obsolete for the increasing numbers of motor vehicles and their increasing speeds, and made over a dozen key recommendations. The committee went on to completely revise road signs in Britain, with an emphasis on symbols alone, adopting standard colour and shape practices used in mainland Europe and a new typeface. Its principles were adopted and are still the basis of all road signs in the United Kingdom.
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Traffic signs; report of the committee on traffic signs for all-purpose roads.pdf
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